cobraman Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Finished this one up this morning. Fit was pretty good until I got to where I had to fit the body to the chassis. That was a bit rough. I striped some of the chrome. The body needed a lot of clean up . Actually could have used more. Looked good in primer but showed some spots that could have used more work when I hit it with the dark color. Color is Root Beer. Made a distributor and coil ( don't laugh ). The interior is done in Ivory. I used black flocking on the interior and self stick felt in the trunk area. I wired the battery in the trunk. The stock roll bar was way under size so I made one from plastic tubing. All in all I think it turned out ok, not great but ok. Comments pro or con are always welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Two thumbs up from this Cobra (replica)Â owner. Â :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 WoW!, looks great that color!, I love the location of the stripes as well! Great job!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Nice work Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Nicely done Ray! Great paint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmaracing Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Looks awesome Ray!! Great job?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Great color. Nice work.One tip on the mold lines coming back. After you sand them brush over the aeea with liquid glue like testors. Then resand. This process keeps the mold lines from reappearing when you shoot the color coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65slotcar Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 nice build Ray,  i like the blacked  out bumpers,sidepipes  and rollbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Super nice Cobra Ray. Real nice touch on the color choices.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Thank you very much fellows ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBuick Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Wow, very nice. I love that color scheme...I've looked at a can of it at Hobby Lobby several times but never could decide...looks like I'm gonna need to pick one up and find something to paint root beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majel Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 That came out really nice Ray, I really like the color combination. Â Hopefully it motivated me to get started on mine. Â Thanks for sharing the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Thanks guys. First time I used this color and I really like it. I will use it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Never been a big fan of the "blacked out" look but HEY it's a Cobra , they look good in any color !I also really like the Root Beer paint , great looking Cobra ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Norton Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I like that very much, Ray, because everything about the car is quite different from the norm.....great work......the Ace.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Rollins Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Very sharp!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastheniker Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Clean work on presumably not the very best Cobra kit available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Thanks guys. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the kit to the real Cobra but all in all I don't think it's a bad kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestoModGuy Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Nice build. Haven't seen this color combo, looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thanks Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJUNIOR Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 nice job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky 130 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 A cobra looks great in any color. Nice build, I too like the color choice, welcome change from Blue. Makes me want to slide in and flip the switches. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thanks for the kind words fellows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Nice! Not sure about a "root beer" colored Cobra, though. But then again, I used pretty much the same color on a Jaguar... I guess we're both crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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